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Abolafia, Mitchel Y. Making Markets: Opportunism and Restraint on Wall Street. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard
University Press, 1996.
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Table of contents
Abstract
Reviews
Excerpt
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| Introduction: Market Makers on Wall Street | 1 |
| 1. Homo Economicus Unbound: Bond Traders on Wall Street | 14 |
| 2. Structured Anarchy: Formal and Informal
Organization in the Futures Market | 38 |
| 3. Taming the Market: Conflict Resolution among Market Makers | 64 |
| 4. Responding to External Threats | 80 |
| 5. Homo Economicus Restrained: Identity and
Control at the New York Stock Exchange | 103 |
| 6. Coping with the Threat of Extinction | 129 |
| 7. Opportunism and Innovation: An Interpretation of the Milken Drama | 152 |
| 8. Cycles of Opportunism: Profits, Prudence, and the Public Interest | 168 |
| Notes | 195 |
| Index | 213 |
